- ὀλόπτειν
- ὀλόπτεινGrammatical information: v.Meaning: λεπίζειν, τίλλειν, κολάπτειν H., aor. ὀλόψαι (Call., Euph., Nic.) `to strip off, to tear off, to pluck off'.Etymology: Hardly to λέπω, λοπός etc., rather as denominative of the last; the ο- would be phonetic vowelprothesis (Schwyzer 411); an ο-prefix can semantically not be defended. Cf. ὀλούφω. Rather a Pre-Greek variant of ὀλούφω.Page in Frisk: 2,381
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.